The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
Richard Dawkins; Yan Wong
ISBN 10: 0618005838 ISBN 13: 9780618005833
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004
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A renowned scientist and author of The Selfish Gene provides a sweeping chronicle of more than four billion years of life on Earth, shedding new light on evolutionary theory and history, sexual selection, speciation, convergent evolution, extinction, genetics, plate tectonics, geographical disperal, and other topics.
About the Authors:
Richard Dawkins taught zoology at the University of California at Berkeley and at Oxford University and is now the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford, a position he has held since 1995. Among his previous books are The Ancestor’s Tale, The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing Mount Improbable, Unweaving the Rainbow, and A Devil’s Chaplain. Dawkins lives in Oxford with his wife, the actress and artist Lalla Ward.
Richard Dawkins is the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University.
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Title: The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the ...
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
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